Irish expressions you dont hear any more

monflat · 15-02-2013 07:07PM

He would peel an orange in his pocket

Tight as a hens arse

I'd so tired I'd sleep on a hens forehead

As scarce as hens teeth

Duff · 15-02-2013 08:41PM

He hasn't got hands to wipe his arse.

wow sierra · 15-02-2013 08:50PM

kylith wrote: »

Has anyone come across the word 'box' meaning shuffle; as in a deck of cards. I thought this was well known, but now I'm starting to think it's just one of my family's many idiosyncratic sayings.

No thats what we always said - box the cards. I thought it was pretty normal - back in Roscommon anyway.

And Tins of beer or coke - not cans.

housetypeb · 15-02-2013 11:22PM

We always say box the cards.
Years ago, for some reason, the ace of hearts was always called the Banbh, ( pronounced bonniv,) a baby pig in Irish, by my mother.

Conor556 · 15-02-2013 11:28PM

Jump out of the digger and stop making hole for yourself.

Does your arse ever get jellous of your mouth because thats where all the **** is coming from!

Do-more · 16-02-2013 10:14AM

Can I bum a fag off ya?

Would ya ever bite the butt end of my bollox.

She's up the duffer. = pregnant

coolhull · 16-02-2013 11:58AM

She's in the pudding club=pregnant

moose3844 · 16-02-2013 12:16PM

Not sure if these have allready been said

I wouldnt give ya the steam off me piss

Busted or banjacksed

"stall the digger" or "woe the pony" both meaning either slow down or hold on a minute there

mccarthy37 · 16-02-2013 12:27PM

Well are ya busy.

mikemac1 · 16-02-2013 12:28PM

A wedding invitation is a like a letter from the taxman

Sh1tbag OToole · 19-02-2013 09:28PM

"Like a goat looking at thunder"

Tisserand · 19-02-2013 09:37PM

Like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle

coolhull · 19-02-2013 10:07PM

''The curse of the seven snotty orphans on ya''

Tisserand · 19-02-2013 10:13PM

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits

coolhull · 19-02-2013 10:26PM

''May ya die roarin' ''

Jazzmaster · 19-02-2013 10:52PM

He's like a goose lookin' into a bottle.

He's like a cow lookin' over a ditch.

We are the boys in green :-(

You're some Whelp!

Well holy god.

I'm going Christmas shopping in New York.

Any chance of a shift?

Diddlies (what metallers were called in kilkenny years ago)

Great thread OP :-)